Cloning and characterization of a virtually full-length HIV type 1 genome from a subtype B'-Thai strain representing the most prevalent B-clade isolate in China

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-288

  Graf, M ^a   Shao, Y ^b   Zhao, Q ^b   Seidl, T ^a   Kostler J ^a   Wolf, H ^a   Wagner, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Klinikum Regensburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0032501951     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.285     Document Type: Article

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